Ecological project for the protection of rare species in Africa (Kenya, South Africa and Cape Verde)
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L'ID de la tâche 183
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Offered Salary 1000
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Experience Fresh
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Qualifications Certificate
Description De L'Emploi
POSITION DEFINITION
The animal park manager applies and enforces the animal policy of the establishment, and animal management protocols by ensuring daily monitoring of the animals. He supervises and supervises the team of animal caretakers according to the objectives and instructions he defines. He manages the supply of food and animal equipment and ensures the maintenance of equipment. He defines and monitors work related to animal presentations. He participates in the organization of animal exchanges. Yes, the animal manager also has the function of collection manager: he manages the park collection. He keeps the records up to date. He chooses which animals can coexist, must reproduce, which individuals exchange, which species present.
Presentation
Direct line manager: Director
Supervisory position: yes
Direct supervision: Animal caretakers
Indirect supervision: interns Relations: within the animal team and in relation with the technical team, with the veterinarian, and external companies (e.g. suppliers)
Daily Tasks and Activities
Team management:
Ensures compliance with caregiver schedules and break times.
Ensures compliance with service notes.
Ensures responsibility for the information included in the daily caregiver reports (accurate and complete).
Takes note of the careful reports from the different districts, including those established in his absence.
Organizes, coordinates, participates in and controls the accomplishment of daily tasks assigned to caregivers.
Monitoring of material installations:
Decide, with the director, on the layout of the enclosures and the work to be carried out
Controls the quality and integrity of work tools, buildings, enclosure fences, electrical devices on fences, etc. Repeats this control in the event of exceptional climatic conditions (storms, earthquakes, etc.) or specific material accidents
Have extreme emergency repairs carried out under his supervision or carry out himself
Monitors repair work
Ensures the constant cleanliness of enclosures, windows and buffer zones
Ensures the cleanliness and readability of educational signs, reports any repairs or modifications to be made.
Relay of veterinary instructions and veterinary assistance:
Ensures scrupulous compliance with therapeutic instructions dictated by veterinarians, and reports any difficulty or modification made in carrying out care
Ensures compliance with the usual prophylactic instructions (deworming, vaccinations) and maintains a reminder calendar
Ensures that dietary instructions are followed, keeps the distributed sheets up to date, physically organizes any food weighings that may be requested; suggests changes when it is difficult to implement dietary instructions (quantities ingested, form of distribution, etc.)
Assistance in managing the animal collection:
Ensures daily morning checks of all animals placed under his responsibility (number, apparent state of health, change in behavior, etc.) and refers them to veterinarians if necessary. Reports any change, even in case of doubt and systematically for an animal in care.
Ensures compliance with safety instructions regarding animals during intervention by technical services
Responsible for animal management during these interventions
Manages quarantine procedures: choice and preparation of premises, monitoring of animals and treatments
Organizes transfers of animals within the park or to other establishments: management of the stock of transport crates, identification, preparation, capture of animals.
Educational participation:
Actively participates in setting up educational activities (location, equipment, schedule, habituation of certain animals, etc.) as well as “meal” and “caregiver appointment” activities carried out by the keepers
Ensure compliance with safety instructions for the public during these events
Participates in the installation of information panels (constant or occasionally participating in a public awareness campaign) Scientific participation:
Assistance with the physical implementation of current scientific studies (theses, internship reports, collaboration with research teams, etc.)
In Kenya & South Africa: Help protect endangered species like the Rothschild’s giraffe, remove invasive plants and build water features and more. Work with young volunteers to protect local ecosystems and endangered wildlife: Conduct research on the Rothschild giraffe and other endangered species – Set up camera traps to study animal behavior – Organize and carry out community actions – Remove invasive plants from the reserve – Maintain water points for animals.
Country of intervention: Kenya, South Africa and Cape Verde
Salary granted monthly: 2500 euros-3000 euros
Contractual conditions and requirements
Be a specialist in Human Rights;
Master legal procedures;
Speak English, Spanish and/or Portuguese
Availability: 8 hours per day at least
Accommodation provided
Linguistic support
Expatriation, mobility and performance bonuses granted
Submission of application: the application file must include a detailed CV and a cover letter addressed to Mr. Vincent BOSMAN at: jobabroad@interim-jobs.com or cv@interim-jobs.com
